I'm not a Mac user myself but I wonder if Search in a Mac would be the same in Windows and Linux, etc, using wildcards.
When just searching for 1997, the search is only for a file with that name, or a file with that name at the beginning, as you have found. Your search expression didn't specify anything other than the first 4 characters of the file you wanted to look for.
For example, using *1997* (that's an asterisk then 1997 then an asterisk), would that find all files that contained 1997? The asterisk tells the OS to search for any file that has that 1997 in it.
Just a thought.
Mark
<div>I have a folder containing about 2,000 image files. I open the folder and enter a number, say 1997, in the search oval to find the files with that number. However, the search returns only file names beginning with 1997, or those with no other number before. Thus it retrieves names like: h1997 or 51-1997 or ABC.1997 but not 301997 or 511997. On the other hand, if after making an initial search:
1. one hits the + icon to make a detailed search
2. chooses search by "name" and "contains"
3. empties the initial search oval
4. enters 1997 in the detailed seach box
all the filenames with 1997 are really returned. Therefore:
1. Is it true that the initial search is flawed as I described?
2. If so, is it true that I can't reach the detailed search without
wasting time with a dummy initial search?
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